Wonders

the long, slow process of creating magic for the real world

2013
Written by Mike Caveney
Work of Mike Caveney
455 pages (Hardcover), published by Mike Caveney's Magic Words
Illustrated with photographs
Language: English
51 entries
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Creators Title Comments & References Page AA Categories
Mac King Foreword
11
Mike Caveney Introduction
15
Mike Caveney Preface
19
Mike Caveney The Long Beach Mystics
23
Mike Caveney Giant Thimble Production load from table, with preliminary sequence with thimble and silk
Related to 23
Mike Caveney Channing Pollock
30
Mike Caveney Marvyn Roy
32
Mike Caveney The Substitution Barrel substitution trunk with a barrel
Also published here 35
Mike Caveney Trade Show Act chapter intro
 		43
Mike Caveney The Amazing Mechanical Merlin mirror box illusion, lower body part hidden
 		44
Mike Caveney The Split Deck deck chopped in half, card chosen from both halves, they match
Inspired by
  • Bob Haskell's "Split Deck"
 49
Mike Caveney Crystal Card Catch jumbo card appears between two glass sheets under handkerchief cover, apparatus
 		50
Mike Caveney Anverdi Key Chest trade show presentation
 		53
Mike Caveney Jumping Straw straw and wrapper rolled up in handkerchief, when unrolled the wrapper is on the straw again
Also published here
  • Magic for Dummies, 1998
 57
Mike Caveney The Nailed Card quarter to forehead with nailed coin, then presentation for invisible deck using fifty-two decks (Greg Manwaring idea), card nailed to forehead
 		61
Mike Caveney The Benson Plunger with a plunger (suggested by Duke Stern), five phases, jumbo pill as climax
Also published here 67
Mike Caveney Albert Goshman
70
Mike Caveney The Ball Vanish
72
Mike Caveney Two, One, None two coins travel under one hand, then one coin and eventually the last coin vanishes, using "The Flick"
  • Two Coins
  • One Coin
  • None
Also published here 83
Coin Vanish on Table lapping, sound effect from under table
 		87
Mike Caveney Coin Vanish hold-out position on back of hand
  • The Vanish
  • The Reproduction
Also published here 89
Mike Caveney Our Own Worst Enemy fable on exposure
  • Don't Read This!
Also published here 94
Mike Caveney Money Machine routine for money machine prop with spinning cylinders, credit information on Bob Haskell's prop
  • The Stool
  • The Money Machine
 		99
Mike Caveney, Merlin Eifert Impromptu Linking Coat Hangers two coat hangers and wire gimmick
  • The Link
  • The Slide
  • The Pull Through
  • The Unlink
  • The Clean Up
Also published here 109
Mike Caveney Linking Coat Hangers history and routine, hangers link to scissors and saw as well
 		117
Mike Caveney Lubor Die routine for Driebeck/Lubor Die, credit information
 		127
Mike Caveney Lie Detector lie detector prop, used in murder mystery routine
Related to 135
Mike Caveney Seeing Through Cloth Bag with back turned towards audience
 		138
Mike Caveney Halloween Card Stab on the back of a kneeling assistant, person stabbed
 		141
Mike Caveney The Phome Book phone number prediction, using comedy prop foam book, hidden assistant
 		151
Mike Caveney Card Through Train Window
151
Mike Caveney Idiot Rings linking two finger rings, starts out as rope and ring routine, involving a saw that links onto rope
 		159
Mike Caveney The Powers of Darkness with coat hangers, four phases
Also published here 171
Mike Caveney Impromptu Powers of Darkness with rope ring
Also published here 187
Mike Caveney Serious Laughter on comedy and patter
Inspired by 195
Mike Caveney Chinese Pipes Chinese Sticks with pipes that have water faucets at the end, water stream with high pressure comes out of one as finale, Patrick Albanese
 		201
Mike Caveney Nind Reading performer has trash can over his head and still describes objects by the spectators, ventriloquist assistant, blindfold appears on performer's head when can is removed
Related to 209
Mike Caveney Ten Dollar Bill Trick with credit information
  • Preparing the Bills
  • Counting the Bills
  • The False Count
  • The Steal
  • The Ditch
  • The Finish
  • Set Up
  • The Routine
  • Emergency Act
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Mike Caveney Bill in Cigar
  • Cigar Loader
  • The Gimmicked Cigar
  • The Cigar Tube
  • The Cap
  • The Final Solution
  • The Envelopes
  • Silent Butler
  • Set Up
  • The Routine
Inspired by 239
Mike Caveney Bill Steal from Envelope
251
Mike Caveney 3-Arm Juggling comedy juggling routine with puppet arms
 		269
Mike Caveney Coffee Juggling stunt in which a full coffee cup is balanced in a rotating wide ring
  • Missing
  • Listen to Your Audience
 		281
Mike Caveney Magic Paper torn and restored strip of toilet paper, stage version of Hindu thread
  • Method 1
  • Method 2
  • Method 3
  • Method 4
  • Method 5
    • Preparing the Restored Strip
    • Stealing the Restored Strip
    • Disposing of the Pieces
    • The Restoration
Related to 297
Mike Caveney Snake Charmin strip of toilet paper levitates à la dancing handkerchief
  • Stripping Thread
  • Thread Management
  • Animating the Snake
  • Cleaning Up the Thread
  • Making Thread Invisible
  • Broken Thread
 		314
Mike Caveney Bow & Arrow signed selection lost and deck cased, bow and arrow used to shoot deck out of shower of cards
 		345
Diagonal Insertion card ends up in-jogged
 		351
Mike Caveney Scissors, Coat, Silverware & Chicken knife through borrowed coat, production from coat of silverware, plates and chicken
  • The Newspaper
  • The Chicken
  • The Load Bag
  • Hiding a Chicken
  • Hiding a Chicken Load Bag
  • Newspaper Art
  • Shower of Silver
  • The Stool
  • The Ultimate Gimmick
  • Crash Landing
  • The Scissors
  • The Logic
  • Pre-Set
  • The Routine
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Mike Caveney Billy's Chicken Trick stories about using a chicken in an act, Billy McComb
 		417
Mike Caveney The Chicken Chronicles more stories about using a chicken in an act
  • O'Hare, Oh my!
  • Robo Chick (mechanical chicken substitute)
 		423
Mike Caveney Mastering the Ceremonies on MC work
 		439
Mike Caveney With Thanks
447
Data entered by Denis Behr, December 2021.